A Poetic Stanza On Quick Reads
...It takes a thousand words or less
Before going to press
A story to be told
Quick read message needing to be sold
True an author can build on things
Planting more tree rings
Staying away fr...
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Categories:
columnists, art, character, imagination, poems,
Form: Rhyme
War In the Cities
...War in the Cities
I saw on TV a program about Paris it looked like a city under siege,
soldiers everywhere just like when it was occupied by the Germans
and Nazi soldiers patrolled the streets...
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Categories:
columnists, abuse, adventure, africa,
Form: Blank verse
Invited To Vote For Hillary
...Invited to Vote for Hillary
There was a gorgeous, great finale'
When we went to the Hillary rally
To debate' rules they had adherence
She had Top Secret Security Clearance.
Occasionally we h...
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Categories:
columnists, allegory, analogy,
Form: Couplet
''Not That Long Ago''
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There was a time, not that long ago that was sad,
A time when a woman's purpose was to please men;
Since childhood taught to dress a certain girly way,
To be ladylike in manners with perfect...
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Categories:
columnists, history, women,
Form: Verse
Ann Romney's Blouse
...Mitt Romney’s wife was criticized
(Though she was not defensive)
Because she chose to wear a blouse
Considered quite expensive.
She wore it on a TV show
So she would look her best,
But journalists d...
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Categories:
columnists, people, political,
Form: Rhyme
Newspapers
...They are on the verge of extinction
Now in reading them there is no fun
Electronic media rendered them redundant
Yellow journalism made them defunct
Like a beggar they hanker after ad
Their glam...
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Categories:
columnists, inspirational, philosophy, time,
Form: Heroic Couplet
Fire-
...Fire he screamed…
From the lookout tower
Sloshing buckets arrived in the angst of men
Fire he wailed…
From his ghastly nightmares
In came his friends with those comforting words
Fire he jes...
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Categories:
columnists, introspection, life, social,
Form: Free verse